BUS- Business

GS, SS- Students explore the role played by business enterprises from an economic and societal perspective, then proceed to explore the management of business organizations, both overall and within each of the essential functions: planning, human resources, marketing, finance, and accounting. Additional topics may include business ethics, business law, entrepreneurship, social responsibility, international business, personal finance, and/or the social enterprise. As a capstone project, students will work in teams to develop business plans for proposed new business ventures. The course is intended to offer a framework for the further study of business or to provide workplace context.

SS- This course examines the legal institutions, structures, and processes that impact and regulate business activity in the United States. Students examine law as a system that responds to changing societal beliefs and behavior and through its use adjudicates changing. Legal reasoning, contracts, product liability, and criminal and civil law are areas that will be explored.

Students explore the societal and environmental impacts of business enterprises. Organizations will be examined within their economic, political, and social context. Organizational development and management strategies will be analyzed in terms of current and future impacts on stakeholders including investors, customers, employees, suppliers, communities, and the environment. Additional topics include traditional elements of business management such as decision making, strategic planning, organizational behavior, human resources management, marketing, accounting, and finance. Students will work in teams to develop business plans for proposed new social enterprise business ventures. BUS&101 is recommended, but not required.